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Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, tour the US military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland on March 28, 2025.
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The price is right: Greenland edition

How much would it cost for the United States to maintain Greenland as its territory? And what are the revenue possibilities from the Arctic island’s natural resources? Those are two questions the White House is reportedly looking into in the surest sign yet that Trump’s interest in Greenland is genuine.

Greenlanders protest in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 15, 2025.
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Vances pare back Greenland trip amid threat of protests

US Second Lady Usha Vance canceled plans to attend Greenland’s biggest dog-sledding race and visit historical sites after officials in Nuuk and Copenhagen balked at an uninvited trip from an official delegation. Vice President JD Vance will now join his wife on the trip.

​Ten thousand protesters gather in front of Duesseldorf Central Station to march against the AfD's upcoming afternoon rally in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Feb. 15, 2025.
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Viewpoint: Far right surges to prominence ahead of German elections

Amid a deep economic crisis and renewed migration concerns, the far-right party Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is poised to double its vote share in this weekend’s general elections. We talked to Eurasia Group expert Jan Techau, about how the AfD's increasing strength is transforming German politics.

The Likable Lies of Campaign 2024
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The Likable Lies of Campaign 2024

Are likable liars the secret weapon of campaign 2024? After watching the screed-filled mayhem about immigrants eating pets that characterized the Donald Trump-Kamala Harris debate, the VP face-off was like sipping a cold beer in the middle of a heat wave. But something about this new political “decency” beer doesn’t taste right, and it’s causing a massive hangover.

​Republican Sen. JD Vance and Democrat Gov. Tim Walz greet each other before they square off during the CBS News vice presidential debate in New York City on Oct. 1, 2024.
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Civility wins: Vance and Walz play (mostly) nice, spar on policy

In Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz battled over the biggest issues in the 2024 election. Beyond defending Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s records, the two did something novel: They argued about boring old policy. What’s more, they even found brief moments of agreement and civility along the way.

Vance and Walz face off
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Vance and Walz face off

Political scientists have long debated the importance of presidential debates, but they tend to agree that vice-presidential debates are simply sideshows without much importance for election results.

Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Aug. 3, 2024.
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President Panic and the Grievance Ceiling

The confidence the world saw at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee after Donald Trump survived a terrifying assassination attempt is suddenly gone. The rallying cry of “Fight, fight, fight!” has been replaced with “whine, whine, whine,” a transformation encapsulated in feverish social media posts Trump is sending from his baroque bunker in Mar-a-Lago.

​Billionaire's Row, a collection of super-tall residences for the uber-rich mostly on West 57th Street in New York City.
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Hard Numbers: Canada probes diplomat’s “billionaire” digs, Bread price-fixing charges prove costly, US passport power tumbles, Sofa sex hoax spreads

Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) leaves the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York after the second day of deliberations after an indictment for an alleged 16 counts of conspiracy on July 15, 2024, in New York City. Menendez is charged with using his political influence to benefit Egypt in exchange for compensation, a scheme orchestrated by his wife and by three business co-conspirators, Wael Hana, Jose Uribe and Fred Daibes who are charged with similar crimes relating to payments made to Menendez on Monday September 25, 2023 the Senator denied all allegations and that the $500,000 found in his house by agents is an old fashioned way of safeguarding money against emergencies.
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Hard Numbers: Sen. Menendez found guilty, Protests turn deadly in Kenya, China’s readers scoop up Vance’s book, Rwanda’s early vote count in, Bangladeshi protests claim lives

United States Senator JD Vance (Republican of Ohio) at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on Friday, February 23, 2024.
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The pluses and minuses of JD Vance

All running mates bring advantages and disadvantages to presidential candidates, but the choice of JD Vance is a striking sign of the political times.